【英语趣味课堂】老挝和泰国-Laos and Thailand

 Todd: So you went to Thailand, right?

 

Phil: Yep, I spent some time in Thailand. Unfortunately I didn't see very much of it. I saw Bangkok and Ko Samet.

 

Todd: Oh, OK. Those are, Ko Samet is a nice place.

 

Phil: Ko Samet is really nice. Good swimming.

 

Todd: Did you go to any countries around Thailand?

 

Phil: Yeah, we spent 2 weeks in Lao and I really, really enjoyed Lao. Lao is a very poor country. There's not much industry, a lot of it's still mining, fishing, on the Mekong you still see women panning¹ for gold, but my favorite place in Lao is a place called Luang Prabang, and it's, we really didn't do very much. There's lots of things to do. You can go to caves. You can take inner² tubes and go down the river, basically³ we just ate. The food is really good, a lot of French cuisine⁴, the Lao cuisine is good as well, but we just hung around, read books, and enjoyed our days because it was really, really hot, and really, really dry. This was in February.

 

Todd: Actually, I've been to Luang Prabang and I remember joggin along the river and, just right outside the city and we would jog for miles and miles, on this little trail. It was just beautiful.

 

Phil: Yeah. Yeah, it's nice. I really like Luang Prabang. We went to Vietienne as well. It's not so much, it's not as cultural as say Luang Prabang is, but a lot of people like to go there to relax, hang out. That's where a lot of people take the tubes and go down the river so, but once again it was so hot we didn't really do any of that either.

 

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

industry

 

There's not much industry in Laos.

 

"Industry" is trade or business activity.  Business activity can be the production or manufacture⁵ of items.  Notice the following:

 

Because there is no real industry here a lot of people are unemployed⁶.

Wine is a big industry in California.

spend

 

We spent 2 weeks in Laos.

 

To "spend" 2 weeks in a place is to stay there for 2 weeks.  Notice the following:

 

You spend a lot of time traveling for your job.

How much time do you spend with your boyfriend?

cuisine

 

The food is really good, a lot of French cuisine.

 

A "cuisine" is a style of cooking.  Basically there is a lot French food.  Notice the following:

 

What is your favorite cuisine?

Do you like Greek cuisine?

as well

 

Lao cuisine is good as well.

 

"As well" is similar to "too" and "also."  We use it to add additional⁷ agreeing information.  Notice the following:

 

I didn't know you were studying Italian as well.

My sister is coming with us as well.

trail

 

We would jog for miles and miles on this little trail.

 

A "trail" is a path or a very small dirt road that is used for walking.  Trails are not wide enough to drive on.  Notice the following:

 

On Sundays we go biking on the public trail.

There is a trail that goes from my house to the river.

 

 

1 panning   

n.装鱼箱，装鱼盘；淘金

参考例句：

• Some old miners are still panning for gold in the streams. 一些老矿工仍旧在这些河里淘金。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

5 manufacture   

n.产品，制造，制造业；vt.制造，加工；vi.参与制造

参考例句：

• The equipment is of our own manufacture.这设备是我们自己制造的。
• Plastic is an important manufacture.塑料是种重要产品。

6 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

7 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。